Madchild
Madchild | |
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Madchild at Le Belmont, Montreal, Canada | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Shane Bunting October 21, 1975 Surrey, British Columbia, Canada[1] |
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| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels |
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| Member of | Swollen Members |
Shane Bunting (born October 21, 1975), better known by his stage name Madchild, is a Canadian rapper. He is part of the Vancouver-based hip hop group Swollen Members. In 2009, he released a solo EP titled The Madchild EP. In 2012, he released his first solo album, titled Dope Sick followed by Lawn Mower Man in 2013 and Silver Tongue Devil in 2015. In 1993, he was named a member of the Rock Steady Crew. The Darkest Hour was released in 2017.
Early life
Bunting was born in Surrey, British Columbia, but was raised in North Vancouver. He attended Carson Graham and Sutherland secondary schools.[2] He moved to San Francisco when he was 20 years old and returned to British Columbia in the mid-1990s.[3]
Career
In August 2011, he returned to his roots by taking part in a rap battle for King of the Dot, an Ontario, Canada–based battle league. He went up against Dirtbag Dan and won on a three to two decision.[4] He was scheduled to return to King of the Dot in August 2012 to battle with the Australian rapper 360,[5][6] however, the battle was postponed,[7] as 360 was scheduled to receive ocular surgery at the time of the event.[8] Madchild has said that he is still interested in doing the battle.[9] In 2015, Madchild competed against rapper Daylyt in KOTD's Blackout5.[10]
Personal life
Bunting now resides in West Hollywood, California.[11]
Bunting was addicted to the painkiller Percocet from 2006 to 2011.[12]
Legal troubles
In early 2011, it was reported that Bunting was banned from entering the United States, due to alleged links to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. Bunting said that he was detained at an American airport for approximately eight hours before being told he could not enter the country, and had been working with a lawyer in San Diego, California, to rectify the situation.[13][14] In July 2013, it was announced that Bunting was once again allowed to enter the United States.[15]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN [16] |
US | US R&B | US Rap | ||
| What The Hell (with Flipout) |
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- | - | - | - |
| Dope Sick |
|
3 | – | 29 | 23 |
| Lawn Mower Man |
|
2 | 150 | 24 | 13 |
| Switched On | Released: September 30, 2014
Label: Battle Axe Records |
- | - | - | - |
| Silver Tongue Devil |
|
3 | – | 19 | 16 |
| The Darkest Hour (with Evidence) |
|
57 | – | – | – |
| Demons |
|
- | – | – | – |
| Killing the Neighbors (with Tom MacDonald) |
|
— | — | ||
| Little Monster LP |
|
- | – | – | – |
| Shane |
|
- | – | – | – |
| Shane 2 |
|
- | – | – | – |
| Super Beast |
|
- | – | – | – |
| Mobsters & Monsters[18] (with Obnoxious) |
|
- | – | – | – |
with Swollen Members
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | U.S. | U.S. Heat | U.S. Ind. | |||
| Balance |
|
– | – | – | – | |
| Bad Dreams |
|
34 | – | – | – | |
| Monsters in the Closet |
|
7 | – | – | – | |
| Heavy |
|
14 | – | – | – | |
| Black Magic |
|
22 | – | 19 | 21 | |
| Armed to the Teeth |
|
19 | 146 | 5 | 23 | |
| Dagger Mouth |
|
15 | – | 3 | 41 | |
| Monsters II | Released: August 2, 2011
Label: Battle Axe Records |
- | - | - | - | |
| Beautiful Death Machine |
|
3 | 167 | 3 | 26 | |
| Brand New Day |
|
8 | – | 7 | – | |
Extended plays
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | US R&B | US Rap | ||
| Claustrophobic |
|
– | – | – |
| The Mad Child |
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– | – | – |
| Banned from America |
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– | – | – |
| King of Pain |
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– | – | – |
| Little Monster |
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– | – | – |
| Switched On |
|
8 | 32 | 18 |
Mixtapes
- M.A.D.E.: Misguided Angel Destroys Everything (with Madlib) (2011)
- Underground Monsters (2016)
- Madchild Mondays (2017)
Guest appearances
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| “Different” | 2000 | Living Legends, Moka Only | Angels Wit Dirty Faces |
| “Formula Fresh” | 2001 | Moka Only | Lime Green |
| “To Make Millions” | Code Name: Scorpion | Code Name: Scorpion | |
| “Once Again” | 2005 | Moka Only | The Desired Effect |
| “Sitting On The Porch” | |||
| "Ballistic" | 2013 | Swisha T | N/a |
| "Look Up (Signs)" | Classified, Kardinal Offishall | Classified | |
| "Bobby Be Real" | 2014 | Slaine, Tech N9ne | The King of Everything Else |
| "Live This" | SonReal | N/a | |
| "Life is a Struggle" | Mike ADHD, Kromeatose | The Evil Within | |
| "Transform" | Bloodstepp | Grand Theft Ufo: Floppy Disk Edition | |
| "Darkside" | 2013 | Oxxxymiron (Porchy, Jaime Menezes) | N/a |
| "The Plague" | 2015 | Prozak, Ubiquitous | Black Ink |
| "We're Gonna Fuck You Up" | 2016 | Reznik, Snowgoons | Říše Za Zrcadlem |
| "Zombie" | Lil Wyte, Jelly Roll, Insane Clown Posse | No Filter 2 | |
| "Bury Them Deep" | The Reaper Project, Rock | 6 Feet Deep | |
| "Run" | 2017 | Bukshot, Jelly Roll, Violent J | Weirdo |
| "Freak Show" (Remix) | Bukshot, Twiztid | ||
| "Bad News" | 2020 | Tom Macdonald, Nova Rockefeller | Killing The Neighbors |
| "White Trash" | 2020 | Tom Macdonald | Killing The Neighbors |
| "Fire Emojis" | 2022 | Tom Macdonald, Adam Calhoun | The Brave |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | "Hangin' On by a Thread" | mr.Invisible | M.A.D.E. (mixtape) |
| "Dead Man Walking Vol. 1" | mr.Invisible | ||
| "Dead Man Walking Vol. 2" | mr.Invisible | ||
| "Fuck Madchild" | Phillip Carrer & Chad Archibald | Little Monster EP | |
| 2012 | "Shit Talker" | D-Shot | |
| "Dungeon Dragon" | D-Shot | King of Pain EP | |
| "Wanted" | D-Shot | Dope Sick | |
| "Gremlin" | Gabriel Carrer | King of Pain EP | |
| "Mr. Peter Parker Freestyle" | D-Shot | Unreleased | |
| "Out of My Head" | Aspect | Dope Sick | |
| "Devil`s Reject" | David McDonald | ||
| "Monster" | David McDonald | ||
| "Jitters" | David McDonald | ||
| "Runaway" | Justin Donnelly | ||
| "Broken Mirror" | Patrick Lozinski | The Mad Child EP | |
| "Cyphin" | D-Shot | Little Monster EP | |
| 2013 | "Last Emperor" | D-Shot | Lawn Mower Man |
| "Prefontaine" | D-Shot | ||
| "Grenade Launcher" (feat. Slaine & Prevail ) | D-Shot | Dope Sick | |
| "Tiger Style" | D-Shot | Lawn Mower Man | |
| "Nature of the Beast" | D-Shot | ||
| "Underground King" | D-Shot | ||
| "It Gets Better" | Jon Thomas | ||
| "Crazy" | David McDonald | ||
| "Lawn Mower Man" | D-Shot | ||
| "Blood Beast" | D-Shot | ||
| "Chainsaw" (feat. Slaine) | Slaine & D-Shot | ||
| 2014 | "The Adventures of Super Beast" | D-Shot | Underground Monsters (mixtape) |
| "Switched On" | Ryan Lindow | Switched On EP | |
| "White Knuckles" | Ryan Lindow | ||
| "Never Die" | Ryan Lindow | ||
| "Amadeus" | Ryan Lindow | ||
| "Tom Cruise" | Luke Soanes | ||
| "The Jackel" | SGZ | Silver Tongue Devil | |
| "Blitzkrieg" | Ryan Lindow | Switched On EP | |
| "On One" | videostudio | ||
| 2015 | "Mental" (feat. Demrick) | Jakob Owens | Silver Tongue Devil |
| "Slayer" (feat. Demrick) | Jakob Owens | ||
| "Devils & Angels" | Drew Kirsch | ||
| "Lose My Mind" | Jesse Ray Diamond | ||
| "Everytime" (feat Ceekay Jones) | Matt Alonzo | ||
| "Night Time Kill" | Dustin La Rose | ||
| "Brain Dead" | Dustin La Rose | ||
| "Painful Skies" | Dustin La Rose | ||
| 2016 | "Man Down" (feat. Demrick) | D-Shot | Battleaxe Warriors (compilation) |
| "Little Things" (feat. Joseph Rose) | Thoughtbox Visuals | Underground Monsters (mixtape) | |
| "50 Seven" | Big Shot Music Inc. | Silver Tongue Devil | |
| "Write It Down" | The Jokerr | The Darkest Hour | |
| 2017 | "Badchild" | Punit Dhesi | |
| "Broken Record" | Punit Dhesi | ||
| "Black & White" | Punit Dhesi | ||
| "Drama" | Revolt Art Technology | ||
| 2019 | "Demons" | Anthony La Rose | Demons |
| "Death Race" | Luke Connor | ||
| "Times Change" | Anthony La Rose | ||
| "Dreaded Force" | Luke Connor | ||
| "Han Solo" | Anthony La Rose | ||
| "Watergate" | Luke Connor | ||
| "Terror" | Luke Connor | ||
| "Soiled in Regret" | Anthony La Rose | ||
| "Myself" | Luke Connor | ||
| "Brainstorm" | Luke Connor | ||
| "Di*khead" | UGH | Dope Sick | |
| 2020 | "Lemons" | Laura Kulik | Mad World |
| "Run It Up" | Laura Kulik | The Little Monster | |
| "I Was on Drugs" | Laura Kulik | ||
| 2021 | "Love Me, or Hate Me" (feat. Peter Jackson) | Devan Locke | The Little Monster (deluxe) |
| "Onlyfanz" | Joey Oz | Shane 2 | |
| "Overdose" | Joey Oz | ||
| "MVP" | Joey Oz | Shane | |
| "Kampai" | Joey Oz | Shane 2 | |
| "Rock Bottom" | Joey Oz | ||
| "Abattoir" | Joey Oz | Unreleased | |
| "Leave A Light" (feat. Joey Oz) | Joey Oz | ||
| "Alone" | Joey Oz | Shane | |
| "Trapped" (feat. Kaysie Marie) | Joey Oz | Unreleased |
Awards
*All awards won with Swollen Members*
Juno Awards
- 2001 - Best Rap Recording (Balance)[20]
- 2002 - Best Rap Recording (Bad Dreams)[21]
- 2003 - Rap Recording of the Year (Monsters in the Closet)[22]
- 2007 - Rap Recording of the Year (Black Magic)[23]
MuchMusic Video Awards
- 2001 - Best Independent Video - “Lady Venom”[24]
- 2002 - Best Rap Video - "Fuel Injected" (ft. Moka Only)[25]
- 2002 - Best Director - "Fuel Injected" (ft. Moka Only)[26]
- 2002 - VideoFACT Award - "Fuel Injected" (ft. Moka Only)[27]
- 2002 - Best Independent Video - "Fuel Injected" (ft. Moka Only)[28]
- 2002 - Peoples Choice: Favorite Canadian Group[29]
- 2003 - Best Rap Video - "Breathe" (ft. Nelly Furtado)[30]
Western Canadian Music Awards
- 2003 - Outstanding Rap/Hip-Hop Recording (Monsters in the Closet) [31]
- 2003 - Video of the Year - “Breathe” (ft. Nelly Furtado) [32]
- 2004 - Outstanding Rap/Hip-Hop Recording (Heavy) [33]
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- ^ Pescod, Nicholas M. (October 11, 2013). "Madchild pushes for a positive vibe". The Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on June 28, 2014.
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- ^ "360 To Undergo Eye Surgery - Music News, Reviews, Interviews and Culture". Music Feeds. July 28, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
- ^ "Interview". YouTube. October 3, 2012. Archived from the original on December 15, 2021. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
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